Chicken with pine nuts and raisins

Chicken with pine nuts and raisins

 

This is an easy chicken recipe.  It is also healthy as I have used chicken breast and olive oil.

Ingredients

·         Chicken breast cut into small pieces-450g

·         Green chilies chopped-2nos

·         Red chilies crushed-3nos (remove the seeds)

·         Garlic crushed-3 cloves

·         Lemon juice -3tbsp.

·         Cinnamon powder-1 ½ tsp.

·         Pine nuts -1/4 cup

·         Raisins -1/4cup

·         Mint leaves chopped-3tbsp

·         Olive oil- 2tbsp

·         Salt to taste

Method

·         Marinate the chicken with all the ingredients except half of the oil, and mint leaves (1tbsp.) and keep it in the fridge for half an hour.

·         Heat the rest of the oil in a deep bottomed pan and put the chicken along with the marinade.

·         Cover and cook till all the gravy is gone and open the lid and stir and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes

·         Garnish with chopped mint leaves.

·         Serve with lemon rice or tomato rice and raita.